Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-15

1ue>uaS DeNelopinentS III Regard 10 the Mat
ter.
PIrrsBURG, April 2-Sueerintendeut
). Iaylor's Office was bes,eged from early
this morning by doz ems of men in search
of employment and many of them were
given employment. The road is now
fully equipped and there is no DELAY in
the movement of freight. No arrests
rave been reported since last night and ii
Is thought no more will be made in this
city. Special Agent Rue said regarding
the probability of covlcting the men now
IN Jail, that of the 60 men under arrest
not more than one or possibly two of
them stood any chance of
BEING SHOWN NOT GUILTY.
He said, 1--WE had our evidence so com
plete that we didn't make an arrest until
We had sufficient proof to show that the
man was guilty. We expect to make
eight or ten more arrests of men who
worked successfully for time on the
road, and then, for fear of de lection,
looked for positions on Other lines" This
will swell the total number of arrests to
slxty-elght or seventy. j. r. Dunlap,
who made q confession in which he said
that the stealing had been going on for
months, said he could not give the names
OF the men implicated tor
FEAR OF BEING KILLED.
Dunlap said there was 40 organization
among the robbers, but that it was a
comTon understanding that each man
should take all he could and dispose of it
TO the best advantage. The officers of
the road think the plunderers were or
ganiZed, and when a new man entered the
service of the road if he was thought to
be the right kind of fellow he was
initiated into the gang with rigid oath,
binding himself to secrecy. Dunlap said
fences were located in New Philadelphia,
Cennison, Steubenville, Cincinnati and
Pittsburg, and also in Columbus. A tele-
gram from Harrisburg, Pa, states bill
was introduced in the state legislature
last night, which is to cover such cases as
the railroad car rObberies broIget to
light yesterday. While rumaging through
the effects of one of the ring leaders of the
Pan Handle robbers this morning Special
Officer Miller discovered package con-
tanning
SIX GIANT DYNAMITE oARTRIDGEs
sufficient to blow up the largest building
In town. The sdiscoveTycreated considerable
alarm and the cartridges were handled
gingerly. Further examination disclosed
lots of fuse and caps. In fact all nee
essary paraphernalia for the successful
firing of the cartridges. Imm ediately af-
ter the finding of the dynamite au inves-
tigation was begun, the result of which,
however, the detectives refused to make
public. They even declined to give the
name of the man in whose room the stuff
was found. Officer Miller intimated that
the object of the rsbbers in securing and
storing the dynamite was known and that
1t would make good reading when the
proper tune for its disclosure came.
Their Trials will be Pushed as Speedily as
Possible Other Roads Interested.
PITTsBURG, April 12.-There was con.
sUltation this morning between Assistant
District Attorney Fogan and John L.
Hampton, attorney for the Pennsylvania
company in regard to the indictm ent and
trial of the prisoners. The trials will be
pushed as speedily as possible. 1t is be-
lleved that large number of the men will
plead guilty on one or two charges, and
thus escape trial on an accumulation of
charges. A number of petty fellows,
whose stealings were trIfiing, will be dis
charged and told to leave this part of the
country. The wages of the men against
"hOH CndrSeS nave Deen made,
have been withheld by the com pany
on the ground that these men owe much
more to the company than is due them.
There is little doubt that the present ex-
posure will lead to others on other roads.
Some of these are in the Pennsylvania
company's system, and some in the Balti-
more & Ohio. 1t is said that the stealing
on these other roads was not confined to
box freights. Through the aid of team
sters and others, large quantities of pig
iron and steel had been stolen from cars
IN P1ttsburg and in several other cities
not far away. These cases will be worked
up soon.
Three More Arrests Made--Ten of the Prison
ers Released
PITTsBURG, April 12.-But three addi-
tional arrests were made to-day. The
first one was Elmer Young, a Pan Handle
brakeman, arrested at East Palestine, O. In
his house a large quantity of goods sup
posed to have been stolen were recovered.
About noon j. K. Mullin, brakeman
against whom there are charges walk
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